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J. E. GAVIN. I COMBINED CIGAR BEST AND MATCH SAFE.

No. 340,775. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN E. GAVIN, OF NE? YORK, N. Y.

COM BINED CIGAR-REST AND MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 34.0,775. dated April27, 1886.

Application filed November 30, 1885. Serial No. 184,230. (No model.) l

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. GAVIN, acitizen of the United States,residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Combined Cigar-Rest and Match-Safe, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is designed to producea cigarrest and match-safe which, inaddition to the ordinary use to which such an article is adapted, shallcombine other useful and novel features which are allied thereto, andwhich shall greatly increase its usefulness and commercial value, and atthe same time form an attractive and cheap article of sale.

It is well known that smokers are not overparticnlar in choosing a placeof deposit for their lighted cigars and cigarettes during the process oftheir consumption, and those articles are often laid down on placeswhich are very inappropriate for their reception-such as onbilliard-tables, office-desks, fine furniture, and the seats ofwell-appointed Waterclosets, often resulting in material damage to sucharticles-and it is also well established that the general public isequally careless as to the disposition it makes of its used or burnedmatches, they being usually cast aside without any special thought as tothe very great damage they may cause if yet burning, not to speak of thedisagreeable litter they make on floors and other places; and it hastherefore been my object to produce a neat and cheap cigar-rest andmatch-safe which shall include receptacles for good matches, burnedmatches, cigarashes, and an attractive rest for cigars and cigarettes,and which can be screwed or fastened to a wall, a billiard-table, or anyother appropriate place, or may be stood on a desk, table, or mantel, asmay be required.

Figure 1 of the annexed drawings shows a perspective view of my improvedcigar-rest and match-safe, with a portion broken away from the lowerlitter-supporting shelf to show the retaining-lip thereon. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing the different compartments, and Fig. 3 a transversesection on line was of Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, a a indicate the back of the safe, which is preferably madein one piece and provided with suitable screw-holes for suspension, asshown. b b are the compartments for good matches; a, the shelf or placeof deposit for cigars and cigarettes, which shelf is provided at or nearits front edge with an upturned lip or ridge, d, of suitable shape, forp the purpose of tilting thedeposited cigar upward, and thus preventingits mouth-piece from contacting with the surface of the rest, whichwould be objectionable, and which I have here shown in the form ofornamental projections with converging inclines to more securely engagethe cigar when deposited thereon. This shelf I provide with a raisedridge or partition, 6, at each end, to prevent contact between thelighted cigars, when laid on the rest, and the matches which thecompartments b b may contain, and I construct the said rest or shelf insuch manner that it does not entirely cover the ash-receptacle, so thatany cigar-ashes that may become dislodged thereon will fall or can beeasily brushed therethrough to the compartment beneath. This compartment9 is entirely open atits front, and its bottom It is provided with anupturned lip or projection, 72, to prevent the accidental displacementof its contents, and this lip is inclined on its inner side, so that itwill be readily understood that the contents of the said compartment canbe easily and thoroughly removed without displacing the safe from anyposition in which it may be permanently fastened.

The base or back a, as will be seen on reference to Figs. 1 and 3, risesabove and back of the shelf c, so that when the cigars are laidtransversely on said shelf their lighted ends abut against the back,which thus forms a guard to them, and thereby prevents possible damagewhich might result from their contact with an inflammable substance, andwhich is an advantageous feature of my invention.

The perforations or openings f of the shelf 0, I have shown ascorresponding with the depressions between the projections g, and whenthus made they materially help in securing the deposited cigar firmly inplace, and they are made of such a size as to prevent a cigarette fromdropping through; but it will be readily understood that these openingsmay be made in any other suitable way, and I do not limit myself to anyprecise form, number, or arrangement of openings for permitting theashes to escape into the receptacle 9.

My improved cigar-rest and match-safe may be cast in any suitable way,or it may be made of china 0r crockery ware, or of wire-netting, or ofwood with metal trimmings, or of any other appropriate material. It mayalso be understood that any of the parts might be made removable withoutdeparting from the essential features of my invention.

I am aware that it is not new to combine a rest for cigars with amatch-safe or ash-receiver, and I do not claim this, broadly, but theconstruction herein shown and claimed is novel and has many advantages;and I am also aware that a device has been made consisting of tworemovable drawers open at the top, said open tops being spanned byshiftable wire slides to hold a cigar, so that the ashes therefrom willbe received by the drawer beneath.

Vhat I claim is 1. A cigar-rest formed with a longitudinal shelf placedover an underlying ash-receiver, and provided with a series of notchesor serrations at or near its edge, adapted to support a series of cigarstransversely, and having openings through the shelf to permit the ashesto fall from the supported cigar into the ashreceiver below.

2. In a cigar-rest, the combination, with a cigar-supporting shelfadapted to support av series of lighted cigars transversely, and havingopenings for the passage of ashes, of an ash-receptacle beneath theshelf and a protecting base or back plate, at, extending up above saidshelf back of the ash-opening, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In a cigar-rest, the combination, with a cigar-supporting shelfhaving aseries of cigarsupporting notches or sockets at its front edge,adapted to receive a series of cigars transversely, of a protectingmetallic base or back plate, a, extending up above said shelf, andadapted to cover the lighted ends of the cigars.

4. The combined match-box and cigar-rest herein shown, formed ofthe'base or back a, with the match-poeketsb b on each end thereof, acigar rack or shelf, 0, extending between said pockets, and providedwith openings f for the passage of ashes, and an ash-receptaele, g,beneath said shelf, also extending be tween said match-pockets,substantially as 50 \rVitnesses:

JOHN BECKER, Calls. M. HIGGINS.

